First fish of the season

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First fish of the season

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I spent a couple of hours earlier this week looking for Crappie and Perch but had no luck.

I had a couple of hours today so I went looking for carp and redhorse. I managed to land a couple....

Man I had missed the pull of feisty a carp. Not large but it did a great job of bringing back the fishing instincts. Jumping for a rod bouncing in the holder, playing the fish and keeping it out of all the snags, working it into the net. 23 inches in the 5-7 pound range:

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Managed to land two Silver Redhorse (2-3 lbs). The seem to be more feisty in the early season then later I find. Both these guys just kept trying to bury themselves headfirst in undercut of the bank.

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A nice day to be out, all things considered, if you could get out of the wind.

A little fried from earlier this week:
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It's great how a carp can turn a day around. Of course you'd like the end the day with a few yummy fresh fillets, but a tug on the line for a carp is always welcome! Hopefully the pannies will be active for ya next time.
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Great report Zip, i can't wait to hook into some carp this spring. I haven't had any luck getting them to bite right after ice out but once they fill up dows i know where they're stacked and easy to catch. Does anyone know when they plan to fill it up?
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LiplessCrank wrote:Great report Zip, i can't wait to hook into some carp this spring. I haven't had any luck getting them to bite right after ice out but once they fill up dows i know where they're stacked and easy to catch. Does anyone know when they plan to fill it up?
Hopefully never... :lol: The River up top needs water.

Great start for ya Zip!

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Thanks guys....

From what I can see the Canal is set to open May 15. They usually start to raise the water 2-3 weeks in advance. Though this can change.

RJ I agree, the gradual thaw has water level very low on the Rideau, Nation and Ottawa.
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I hear ya RJ, the crappie fishing has been much slower at one of the creeks on the Rideau because of the low water this year. I still managed to catch a few slabs on saturday but they weren't as stacked and weren't in their usual spots.
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Good fishing Zippy!
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Wouldn't mind tying into one of them giant goldfish... been a long time.

Nice start Zip.
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